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PORTLAND BLOGGER & ELLEN URBANI

June 5, 2015 by

Willamette Writer Thrills Portland Blogger. Join a writers group, they said. It’ll be fun, they said. They were right on both counts. Join Willamette Writers and have some fun. Some meetings are more fun than others, but they all begin with promise. Show up early at the Old Church in Portland to network with other […]

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BOOMERPDX COOKING TIPS

June 4, 2015 by

From Foodie To Finish, Cooking Tips for Boomers. Everyone’s done this: You sit down to eat and the plate looks so beautiful you take a picture and post it. You want to share the perfection if not the calories. None of pictures look the same, but they all look delicious. That’s only part of the […]

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THE JENNER REVOLUTION

June 3, 2015 by

Make A Big Change And Join The Jenner Revolution. Do you look in the mirror and tell yourself everything is perfect, it’s all good? Are you lying to your own face? Maybe it’s your nose. Your ears. Your hair. It’s always something and you’d change it if you could. But it doesn’t bother you that […]

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BOOMER CHALLENGES NEVER STOP

May 26, 2015 by

A common theme among Baby Boomers, the 50-68 year olds born between 1946-64? Boomer challenges. As kids we were challenged to make sense of our Depression-era parents. We never will. The magnitude of desperation in the 1930’s is too hard to grasp. How desperate? Jump out the highest window desperate. Shoot yourself in the brain […]

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PORTLAND BOOMER GARDEN

April 2, 2015 by

The right decisions for the boomer garden means sending the right signals. If it’s a weed, pull it. If it’s not, leave it alone. Couples who garden together need to agree on which is which. One way is talking it out. Another is writing it down. Hand signals work so much better and encourage more […]

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BABY BOOMERS: OLDER SIBLINGS OF THE WORLD

November 29, 2014 by

When Big Brother Is A Good Thing. In a large sense baby boomers have become the big brother of the world. Boomers young (50) and old (68) have caught plenty of heat over the years, but their influence is everywhere. Save the earth? Peace? Equality? Women’s rights? Gay rights? In such a huge demographic, baby […]

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LeBRON JAMES, THE NEW BOSS

November 4, 2014 by

Move It On Over Bruce. After all the noise about LeBron’s move from Cleveland to Miami with his prediction of, “Not one, not two, not three…” he learned what it takes to win one NBA title, then another. He took his talents to the Sunshine State and won fifty percent of the finals he played […]

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DEREK JETER: BLOGGER ON DECK

October 14, 2014 by

What Happened To The Dumb Jock Stereotype?  While too many professional athletes seem to run amok, Derek Jeter managed to stay on the base paths. After twenty years of scrutiny in the most invasive media center in the world, what’s the worst thing you know about Jeter? He’s married with children and has a secret […]

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THE MARIOTA RIPPLE EFFECT

October 13, 2014 by

In the long shadow of Arizona State’s Sun Devil Stadium, the great Oregon quarterback’s name echoes off the mountainside. After the win over UCLA on Saturday afternoon, the fans I found cheered longer than most. These were special fans. They knew sports inside and out. They play, they watch, and they know what it means […]

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RUSSELL WILSON JOINS DEREK JETER

October 9, 2014 by

Domestic Violence Faces A New Opponent. The Seattle Seahawks quarterback is a former bully? When Russell Wilson’s voice came out in an ad last year encouraging fans to ask him anything, to learn all about him, who expected this? He was a face grinder as a kid, a slammer who put others on the wall, […]

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